1982 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1982 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	5–5 (5–4 MAC)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (3rd season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 30,998)

1982 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bowling Green $	7	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Western Michigan	5	–	2	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
Miami (OH)	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan	5	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Ohio	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Toledo	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois	5	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Ball State	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Michigan	1	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
Kent State	0	–	9	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Central Michigan and Toledo were I-A while the other teams were classified as I-AA for the 1982 season only.

The 1982 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. The Huskies played under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 4	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 3–9
September 18	Kent State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 23–15
September 25	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–31
October 2	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 7–14
October 16	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 18–20
October 23	Eastern Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 10–0
October 30	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 3–27
November 6	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 36–0
November 13	Miami (OH)	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 12–7
November 20	Central Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 19–13
*Non-conference game